DRAFT.
Irlin 3979
Hthing
47
Paraphrase of
Telegram sent in cipher
Sovernor
HongKong
Mr.
Mr.
MINUTE.
Mr. Wingfield.
Mr. Bramston.
Mr. Meade.
Mr. Herbert.
Mr. Courtney.
Lord Kimberley.
Secret
an 157
Lux
9 March
؟
H. M. Government
wish cable between
Hongthing & Kowloon
to be owned by a British
Company,
and both
Ends of it to be or
British soil, and so
Cannot allow the
Chinese Company's proposal to be accepted